Party games

copyright: Lesley Tara, 2009 Each year in June, the MD and owner of the company that I work for hosts a staff party at her spacious house in the hills outside the city, and I[…]

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A short hop

My friend Bob called me on Tuesday and asked me to meet with his accountant Betsy. Apparently she was considering an offer to run accounting for some out of town firm and he felt I[…]

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A dream come true

The ancient, dusty cobweb expanded as the warm air tugged at its weakened skeletal fabric. A rumbling swelled within the confines of the underground station; a roaring sound interspersed with the 'clickety clack' of steel[…]

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Uses of a teacher

It is a curse of all young teachers, thought Sandra, that they have to do all the shitty work the older hags wouldn’t do. It wasn’t as if she was being paid for doing extra[…]

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Becca

This is the true story of how I lost my virginity at the age of fourteen. /> "Do you have your sunscreen on?" my Dad asked me. "No, I'll put it on at the party,"[…]

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Mystical journeys

Her beauty stemmed like a rose. Her hair having the essence of a garden in spring. And her eyes glowed with the truth of love… She stood, breathtakingly on the crest looking up at the[…]

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